I’ve written quite a bit about burnout in these pages—here, here, and here, for example. It’s important for leaders who work directly with faculty and other leaders to be able to recognize the signs of burnout and interact compassionately with those they lead to address symptoms and challenges of this institutional problem, which results from unrelenting organizational stress.
Character (Still) Counts: Moral Injury and the Case for Character Education
Many academic leaders remember the Character Counts! initiative from the 1990s and early 2000s. It was visible in schools and youth programs nationwide, emphasizing as core values the Six Pillars
Teresa Maggard Stephens
June 15, 2026
